logomachy

3 definitions found

logomachy - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Logomachy \Lo*gom"a*chy\, n. [Gr. ?; lo`gos word + ? fight,
     battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.]
     1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a
        war of words.
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              The discussion concerning the meaning of the word
              "justification" . . . has largely been a mere
              logomachy.                            --L. Abbott.
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     2. A game of word making.
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logomachy - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  logomachy
      n 1: argument about words or the meaning of words

logomachy - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "logomachy":
     Kilkenny cats, altercation, apologetics, apologia, apology,
     argument, argumentation, bicker, bickering, blood feud, brawl,
     broil, casuistry, cat-and-dog life, combat, conflict, contention,
     contentiousness, contest, contestation, controversy,
     cut and thrust, debate, defense, disputation, dispute, donnybrook,
     donnybrook fair, embroilment, enmity, feud, fight, fighting,
     fliting, flyting, fracas, fuss, hassle, hostility, hubbub,
     imbroglio, litigation, open quarrel, paper war, passage of arms,
     polemic, polemics, quarrel, quarreling, quarrelsomeness, rhubarb,
     scrapping, set-to, sharp words, slanging match, snarl, spat,
     squabble, squabbling, strife, struggle, tiff, tussle, vendetta,
     verbal engagement, war, war of words, warfare, words, wrangle,
     wrangling